Gerald Walpin

Gerald Walpin was an Inspector General who was looking into Kevin Johnson's misuse of Americorps money. Kevin Johnson was a NBA star and now is mayor of Sacramento--oh and he is a staunch supporter of Obama. Walpin is/was supposed to be almost unfireable per a bill co-sponsored by Obama himself when he was a senator. At the least when Obama decided to fire Walpin (the administration claims Walpin is confused and unable to fulfill his duties), Walpin should have been given 30 days notice, but of course he wasn't. And shock of shock, mostly the MSM is mum on this Walpin subject.
Some sources to check on this story: Maggie's Notebook here and here; Neo-neocon; Gateway Pundit; and Hot Air.

This would be a nasty bit of business if Bush were still in office,but Obi-one can do no wrong.

Addendum: From IBDeditorials that explains the Walpin problem nicely:

"Walpin was not confused or disoriented enough to overlook the misuse of $850,000 in AmeriCorps funds by the St. Hope Academy in Sacramento, Calif. The nonprofit education group, led by Sacramento Mayor, former NBA star and Obama contributor Kevin Johnson, had apparently spent the money, according to the Associated Press, "to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Johnson and even wash his car."

Eisen writes that President Obama decided to fire Walpin after learning that the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, Lawrence Brown, "had filed a complaint about Mr. Walpin's conduct with the oversight body for inspectors general."

This is the same Lawrence Brown who, acting on information provided by the confused Mr. Walpin, reached an agreement with Mayor Johnson and the group to repay half of the $850,000 in grant money it received, including $72,836.50 that came out of Johnson's wallet.

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The administration, which has expanded AmeriCorps, no doubt feared a too-strict accounting of where the money was being spent. The AmeriCorps board wants to fire a Bush appointee investigating an Obama contributor misusing AmeriCorps funds."

Chicago-style politics comes home to roost in the White House.